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🌈Gay Mexico City 2025

Mexico City is huge, chaotic, and endlessly fascinating. It mixes colonial history with modern edges, quiet plazas with chaotic traffic, and ancient ruins with rooftop bars. For LGBTQ+ travelers, it offers both culture by day and nightlife after dark.

The city’s gay heart is Zona Rosa, just west of the historic center. By day, it’s shops, cafés, and streets full of rainbow flags. At night, it shifts into a dense grid of bars and clubs. You’ll find drag shows, dance floors playing everything from reggaetón to house, and late-night taco stands to finish things off.

Beyond nightlife, there’s plenty to see. Highlights include:

  • The Zócalo and historic center, with grand squares and churches.
  • The Frida Kahlo Museum in Coyoacán.
  • Chapultepec Park, one of the largest city parks in the Americas.
  • Day trips to Teotihuacán, the pre-Hispanic city with massive pyramids.

Practical notes: the altitude makes the air thinner, so take it slow at first. Metro and Uber are cheap and easy, though traffic can be slow. And remember, Mexico City nightlife starts late, don’t expect clubs to fill until after midnight.

Mexico City is not polished, but it’s full of character. For LGBTQ+ travelers, it’s a place to explore history by day and dance until sunrise in Zona Rosa.

Hotel recommendations

Stay near the  Zona Rosa.

hotel NH Collection Mexico City Reforma
NH Collection Mexico City Reformagradegradegradegradegrade

120+ rooms

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hotel Sheraton Mexico City Maria Isabel
Sheraton Mexico City Maria Isabelgradegradegradegradegrade

760+ rooms

Sheraton

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Hotel Century Reforma, Mexico City
Hotel Century Reformagradegradegradegrade

50+ rooms

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Hotel Metropol, Mexico City
Hotel Metropolgradegradegradegrade

160+ rooms

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hotel Hilton Mexico City Reforma
Hilton Mexico City Reformagradegradegradegrade

520+ rooms

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Hotel Castropol, Mexico City
Hotel Castropolgradegradegrade

60+ rooms

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hotel Ibis Mexico Alameda, Mexico City
Ibis Mexico Alamedagradegradegrade

140+ rooms

ibis

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hotel Best Western Majestic, Mexico City
Best Western Majesticgradegradegradegrade

110+ rooms

Best Western

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hotel NH Collection México City Centro Histórico, Mexico City
NH Collection México City Centro Históricogradegradegradegrade

30+ rooms

NH Collection

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Mexico City gay bars and clubs

Kinky Bar

Kinky bar is a popular gay bar in Zona Rosa. Two floors, 3 rooms, including a karaoke room. So not that kinky.😉

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Amberes 1, esquina Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
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    21:00 - 03:00
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    21:00 - 04:00
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Toms Leather Bar

Men only cruise bar (not just leather)

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Insurgentes Sur 357. Hipódromo , Mexico City
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